Tag Archives: Keanu Reeves

Couch Potato Pickings | The Love Letter, and other letter-driven movies

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I can’t remember the last time I received a letter. I’m not counting the pointless duplicate letters I regularly receive from my energy supplier (very green eh!), or … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Best of Bullock

So, Sandra Bullock has won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -  Drama. Do you think she’ll win Best Actress Oscar? Or will it be Meryl? I think both are great. Bullock is … Continue reading

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The Best view | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee – Robin Wright Penn finds herself in multi-faceted role

Robin Wright Penn’s incredible beauty and her headline-provoking marriage to Sean Penn have tended to distract attention from what a great actress she is. If your image of her is still stuck at her roles as fairy-tale heroine Buttercup in … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Role Models Growing old disgracefully… Two reckless salesmen are ordered to mentor some wayward children. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Australia Down Under… An English aristocrat falls for a cattle driver in Baz Luhrmann’s epic love story. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Twilight Pain in the neck… Teenager Bella Swann moves to a small town in Washington and falls for her mysterious classmate, Edward Cullen, who turns out to be a 108-year-old vampire. Typical. Transporter 3 Special delivery… Jason Statham reprises his … Continue reading

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Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, and their most bodacious lingo

Couch Potato Pickings On ITV2 tonight at 8pm You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Does anyone else remember the most excellent and bodacious lingo that emerged among non-senior members of society in the late … Continue reading

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The Matrix: love it or hate it?

COUCH POTATO PICKINGS You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I find this trailer extremely confusing – it might give a taste of the sci-fi action nature of the film, but it tells me very … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings – Bram Stoker’s Dracula

On Five US tonight at 11.25pm Halloween is just round the corner and I still haven’t planned my costume. Since there are only nine days to go, I’ve decided to mark the countdown with a series of appropriate movies. Tonight’s … Continue reading

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Knights of the South Bronx & other inspirational teacher movies

Couch Potato Pickings How many of us are lucky enough to be truly inspired by a teacher at school? Judging how many inspirational teacher movies there are out there, you’d think it was quite common. I don’t think it is. … Continue reading

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